Pre-trial settlement and the value of audits

Accounting Review

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 473-491

  Zhang, Ping ^a   Thoman, Lynda ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Audit effort; Auditing standards; Pre trial settlements; The value of audits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033236335     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.1999.74.4.473     Document Type: Article

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